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Topolinski, Sascha ORCID: 0000-0001-9295-3463, Erle, Thorsten M. and Reber, Rolf ORCID: 0000-0002-6669-7109 (2015). Necker's smile: Immediate affective consequences of early perceptual processes. Cognition, 140. S. 1 - 14. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER. ISSN 1873-7838

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Abstract

Current theories assume that perception and affect are separate realms of the mind. In contrast, we argue that affect is a genuine online-component of perception instantaneously mirroring the success of different perceptual stages. Consequently, we predicted that the success (failure) of even very early and cognitively encapsulated basic visual processing steps would trigger immediate positive (negative) affective responses. To test this assumption, simple visual stimuli that either allowed or obstructed early visual processing stages without participants being aware of this were presented briefly. Across 5 experiments, we found more positive affective responses to stimuli that allowed rather than obstructed Gestalt completion at certain early visual stages (Experiments 1-3; briefest presentation 100 ms with post-mask), and visual disambiguation in possible vs. impossible Necker cubes (Experiments 4 and 5; briefest presentation 100 ms with post-mask). This effect was observed both on verbal preference ratings (Experiments 1, 2, and 4) and as facial muscle responses occurring within 2-4 s after stimulus onset (zygomaticus activity; Experiments 3 and 7). For instance, in participants unaware of spatial possibility we found affective discrimination between possible and impossible Necker cubes (the famous Freemish Crate) for 100 ms presentation timings, although a conscious discrimination took more than 2000 ms (Experiment 4). (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Topolinski, Sascha UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-9295-3463 UNSPECIFIED Erle, Thorsten M. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Reber, Rolf UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-6669-7109 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-400741
DOI:	10.1016/j.cognition.2015.03.004
Journal or Publication Title:	Cognition
Volume:	140
Page Range:	S. 1 - 14
Date:	2015
Publisher:	ELSEVIER
Place of Publication:	AMSTERDAM
ISSN:	1873-7838
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Human Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Human Sciences > Department Psychologie
Subjects:	Psychology
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language PHASIC AFFECTIVE MODULATION; INTUITIVE JUDGMENTS; OBJECT PERCEPTION; FLUENCY; CONTEXT; MEMORY; INFORMATION; ACTIVATION; PROTOTYPES; PREFERENCE Multiple languages Psychology, Experimental Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/40074